The Crusades Iron Men and Saints Harold Lamb 1942 HC Dust Jacket Vintage For Sale

Here is a genuine piece of mid-century popular history — Harold Lamb\'s sweeping narrative of the Crusades, published in the thick of World War II when tales of iron-willed warriors carried an unmistakable urgency. Lamb was one of the great storytelling historians of the twentieth century, and this book, originally published in 1930, earned him a devoted readership for its vivid, almost cinematic portrait of crusaders, sultans, and the faith that drove them across continents. This New Home Library edition from 1942–1943 is a wartime reprint that brought Lamb\'s work to a mass audience, and it survives here with its original dust jacket intact — a rarity for a book of this age. The interior is decorated with period medieval illustrations at chapter headings, and the dedication \'To the Uncounted Thousands Who Died in the Crusades\' sets the elegiac tone Lamb sustains throughout. For collectors of vintage hardcovers, Lamb enthusiasts, or readers of medieval and crusader history, this is a shelf-worthy copy with real presence.

• ✍️ Author: Harold Lamb
• 🏢 Publisher: The New Home Library, New York
• 📅 Year: 1942 (New Home Library Edition; third printing February 1943)
• 📄 Format: Hardcover (approximately 359+ pages including index and bibliography)
• 🔖 ISBN: None — pre-ISBN era publication
• 📖 Edition: New Home Library Edition with original dust jacket present; original copyright 1930
• ✅ Best For: Collectors of vintage hardcovers, fans of Harold Lamb, readers of Crusades history and medieval narrative history

• ⚠️ Dust jacket graded Good: tears and losses at top spine edge
• ⚠️ Dust jacket shows creasing along edges
• ⚠️ Dust jacket has general soiling and scuffing throughout
• ✅ Book graded Very Good in hand
• ✅ Red cloth hardcover boards in good condition
• ✅ Spine and binding solid, square, and tight
• ✅ Pages clean, cream-aged, and free of writing, highlighting, or water damage
• ✅ No foxing, staining, or curling observed
• ✅ Original dust jacket present
• ✅ Dust jacket colors remain vivid with no serious fading

A well-preserved wartime edition of a classic — Harold Lamb at his storytelling best, complete with its original jacket and ready to take its place in a serious collection.

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